treant
/ˈtɹiːɛnt/
treant noun: a fictional anthropomorphic organism having many characteristics of a tree.
Noun
treant (plural treants)
- A fictional anthropomorphic organism having many characteristics of a tree.
- Treants are strangely related to humans and trees, combining features of both species. ...an individual treant can cause only one or two normal trees to move and attack as stipulated.1977, Gary Gygax, Monster Manual, page 96
- Pseudunus and his group looked around, frightened, and realized that three more treents surrounded them, accompanied by a myriad of other creatures. Centaurs, elves, humans, satyrs, halflings, mémechares and brounies surrounded them on all sides, except the one they had come from. Bears and wolves...2018 May 26, Joel Puga, “Chapter 6 Faiths”, in The Godungava, Joel Puga
Forms of treant
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Origin of treant
From tree + ent, with modification of the spelling to avoid the unusual forms treent or treeent. Used as a replacement for ent due to copyright issues; cf. halfling.
Questions about treant
- What does treant mean?
- Treant means a fictional anthropomorphic organism having many characteristics of a tree.
- What part of speech is treant?
- Treant is a noun.
- How do you pronounce treant?
- Treant is pronounced /ˈtɹiːɛnt/.
- What is the plural of treant?
- The plural of treant is treants.
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